Mercyhurst women beat Syracuse, reach 350 career wins in program

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Emily Janiga notched her first college hat trick, sparking seventh-ranked Mercyhurst to a 4-1 win over Syracuse and giving Lakers coach Michael Sisti his 350th career victory in a CHA matchup Saturday at Mercyhurst Ice Center.

With the win, Mercyhurst (16-3-1, 8-2) became the third-fastest program in women's Division I history to reach the 350-win mark, doing so in just 474 games. Sisti has been the only coach since the program started in 1999.

Only New Hampshire (437 games) and Minnesota (461) reached 350 victories faster than Mercyhurst in Division I history.

Sophomore Amanda Makela finished with a career-high 29 saves in goal for Mercyhurst and improved to 7-2-1 on the season.

Mercyhurst scored first 12 minutes, 27 seconds into the first period when Janiga netted the first of her three goals. Christine Bestland and Christie Cicero assisted on the goal for Mercyhurst, which outshot Syracuse 12-6 in the first period.

Janiga scored two more goals in the second period, with the first coming less than 2 minutes into the period. Bestland and Jenna Dingeldein notched assists. Janiga's third goal came on the power play at 5:33.

After Syracuse (10-10-1, 4-3-1) scored to cut the lead to 3-1, Shelby Bram restored the three-goal lead 2:29 into the final period for Mercyhurst.